McNamaras Sentenced One Life One Fifteen Years
James B. McNamara received life imprisonment at San Quentin and John J. McNamara was sentenced to fifteen years. The pair had confessed to dynamiting the Llewellyn Ironworks and the Times building plans, claiming no intent to kill. Judge Bordwell denounced their acts as murder at heart.
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Los Angeles
Cal
James B. McNamara
San Quentin
John J. McNamara
James’ B. McNamara
Times
Llewellyn
J. McNamara
Bordwell
McNamaras
Darrow
Lecompte Davis
Joseph Scott
McNamara
Charles J. Haggerty
Fredericks
John J
Llewellyn Ironworks
McNamara Brothers
James B
Federal Grand Jury
Burns
Cleveland
Ohio
Wiliam J. Burns
Lewis Indictment Quashed in Insurance Case
United States District Judge Triber voided the indictment against E. G. Lewis for using the mails to defraud. The court upheld the plea in abatement for Harry M. Godfrey and other defendants in the twin insurance cases, except Harry Gardner.
Sun Yat Sen Man of Hour May Unite Factions In China
Shanghai reports rising alarm as China drifts toward political chaos. Dr Sun Yat Sen is hoped to unify rival revolutionary chiefs and lead a possible national government, but dissensions persist in Wu Chang and Nanking. Desertions topple Han Yang. imperial collapse seems near.
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Shanghai
China
Sun Yat Sen
Wu-Chang
Nanking
Han-Yang
Hu-Nan
U S Aid Alleged in Honduran Rebellion Charge
New Orleans reports say the U S State Department backed a Bonilla-Hoon financial plan and issued a 200 page briefing for senators. Senor Paredes releases correspondence alleging a Washington ultimatum to Davila, accusing Taft of dollar diplomacy and threatening Monroe Doctrine backlash amid regional subjugation fears.
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United States
Durbar Pavilion Destroyed By Fire In Delhi
Fire swept the Durbar camp in Delhi destroying the grand pavilion with its silver supports and ornate decorations. The blaze marks the second major fire in the Durbar area within a week as the emperor king was to be received by Indian princes on his arrival.
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Delhi
India
Durbar
Turkish camp near Tripoli captured after heavy fighting
Italian forces attacked the Turkish military camp at Ain Zara near Tripoli and won a costly victory. The oasis area around Tripoli was cleared of Turkish forces, forcing them from the coast and supply bases. Also, Lloyd C. Griscom indicated he believed Theodore Roosevelt would not seek the Republican presidential nomination.
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Tripoli
Ain-Zara
Griscom
T. R. Washington
Lloyd C. Griscom
New York County Republican Committee
House
Roosevelt
Lorimer committee hearing resumes with Hull and Brown
The senate Lorimer committee resumes hearings with Fred G. Hull official of Illinois Central transportation and F. L. Brown conductor from Chicago summoned to identify passes for Charles A. White who confessed bribery. Also notes medical case and city gas ordinance action and Manila 16th Infantry landing.
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Washington
Senate
Lorimer Committee
Fred G. Hull
F. L. Brown
Chicago
Hull
Illinois Central
Brown
Charles A. White
Mystery of Carey murder cleared by Knapp confession
Forest Knapp of Battle Creek Mich confessed to the Wennerstrom murder case in Carey Illinois. His brother in law David Mawhood a paroled convict from Jackson Michigan aided in weighing the body and tossing it into the Fox River. Edward Allen a cousin of Mawhood is jailed at Woodstock Illinois, and detectives seek George Birch John Lynch and James Meaver in Coldwater Michigan. Allen bound over to McHenry county grand jury for complicity.
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Chicago
Frederick Wennerstrom
Carey
Forest Knapp
Battle Creek
Mich
Knapp
Inlaw
David Mawhood
Jackson
Fox River
Edward Allen
Mawhood
Woodstock
Coldwater
George Birch
John Lynch
James Meaver
Frank Hunter
Lake Michigan
Allen
McHenry County Grand Jury
Wennerstrom
Carey, Ill
Early Los Angeles vote leans to major factions
In Los Angeles on December 5 the election proceeds quietly as polls close at six. Leaders of both the good government and socialist forces report a heavy early vote and claim momentum for their candidates. A separate notice reports Hammond man dies instantly after neck break from pipe tightening. In Champaign Illinois a 15 year old Urbana boy drowns skating at Crystal Lake.
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Los Angeles
Champaign
Ill
Adrian Henderson
Urbana
Crystal Lake
Indicted Packers Fail In Supreme Court Appeal
George W. Perkins proposes prison sentences for individuals, not corporations, as a cure for trust evils. He urges stronger commerce department powers, licensing of interstate firms, and mandatory detailed reporting to curb overcapitalization, water"ing, and unfair profit distribution.
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Supreme Court
Youngstown
Ohio
George W. Perkins
New York
Perkins
Department of Commerce and Labor
Bureau
Department
Congress
United States
Mr. Perkins
Illinois delegates head to Washington for Waterways Congress
One hundred delegates from Chicago and nearby areas left by special train for Washington to attend the national rivers and harbors congress December 6 through 8. The party includes Governor Deneen and numerous Chicago leaders and officials.
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Illinois
Chicago
Washington
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
National Rivers and Harbors Congress
National Capital
Deneen
Springfield
Harold F. McCormick
T. Edward Wilder
Calvin H. Hill
W. L. Dodge
Phillip W. Seipp
Mr. Folsom
C. H. Wall
Mr. Price
W. A. Lydon
B. J. Kelly
H. H. Walker
Edwin A. Potter
Charles A. Plamondon
Charles F. Gunther
James McMillan
H. C. Gardner
A. M. Barnhart
T. J. Dolan
George Kuebler
F. M. Rittenhouse
Chicago Beef Barons To Face Federal Jury Tomorrow
Chicago packers face federal indictments accusing criminal violations of the Sherman Antitrust Law. U S District Attorney Wilkerson said the government is ready to proceed with the trial in Chicago on the scheduled date after the Supreme Court refused a stay. The action ends a prolonged legal contest and allows the trial to begin tomorrow in federal court.
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Washington
Supreme Court of the United States
Chicago Packers
Chicago
United States
Wilkerson
Supreme Court
Nationwide push to place liquor traffic under ICC control
Prohibition workers from all states opened a conference advocating direct federal control of liquor sales and a ban on shipments to prohibition states. Clarence Wilson assailed President Taft and Secretary Wilson as enemies of prohibition, citing the brewers congress ties.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Prohibition
Taft
Wilson
Clarence Wilson
Brewers’ Congress
Republicans Like Message of Taft
Washington reports the president's annual message focused on trusts and applauded by Republicans in the House as the Senate, meeting later, prepared copies for its members. Speaker Clark declines action on Representative Littleton’s impeachment petition saying it lacks pertinent business. Hamlin pushes a bill on state department secret fund expenditures. The president seeks countries applying for free admission of print paper and pulp wood.
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Washington
House
Senate
Taft
Argus
Clark
Representative Littleton
Hamlin
State Department
Congress
La Follette Allies Plan on Primaries
Supporters of La Follette attend a Milwaukee conference to decide who to back for delegates to the Republican National Convention. Governor McGovern is mentioned as likely head of delegates-at-large.
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Milwaukee
Wis
la Follette
Wisconsin
National Progressive League
McGovern
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